Front-loader moving sand on Aberavon sea front. C.P. Harvey Ltd. A local company with an incorporation date of 1960.

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Peter Knowles collectionD/D PK

Peter Knowles photograph album.D/D PK 1

Inside a rolling and/or plating mill. One male standing.D/D PK 1/1

Inside of a domestic gas appliance showroom. Advertising shows an appliance costing at 1s 3d a week, suggesting a pre-decimalisation scenario. One cooker carries the banner This is a New World cooker as seen on TV.D/D PK 1/2

Industrial, exterior. Brick or block forming process. Background indicative of the steel works site in Port Talbot.D/D PK 1/3

Industrial, exterior. Brick or block forming process. Background indicative of the steel works site in Port Talbot. Different angle from 3 above.D/D PK 1/4

Sea-shore. Line throwing rescue rocket in operation. Vessel close to shore. Heavy weather. Two males. Unknown location and vessel.D/D PK 1/5

Industrial. Interior, molten metal, casting process. 3 males.D/D PK 1/6

Exterior. Lorry parked. A Thames Trader tipper truck, registration mark 584 HTX. 12 CU YD tipper capacity. Door marked, S.L. Butler, Silica Works, AMMAN YARD, BRYNAMMAN, Phone Amman Valley 3131. This model of lorry was made 1957 1965 by Ford.D/D PK 1/7

Four cats in a cow-shed. One drinking from a jet of water or milk. Cow in background.D/D PK 1/8

Man milking cow, directing two jets of milk in to cats mouths. Two cats sat on his leg, one on the floor.D/D PK 1/9

Industrial interior. 4 males. Sheet metal working process.D/D PK 1/10

Front-loader moving sand on Aberavon sea front. C.P. Harvey Ltd. A local company with an incorporation date of 1960.D/D PK 1/11

Industrial exterior. A boring or drilling machine executing a horizontal bore probably in a quarry. Male with Atlas Copco on back of boiler suit.D/D PK 1/12

Domestic interior. Sofa, armchair, table, standard lamp, large wooden-cased radio.D/D PK 1/13

Shop exterior. Gas Centre. Heating advisory centre, display kitchen, demonstration room.D/D PK 1/14

Industrial interior. Steel coils, some wrapped, one partially wrapped on a pallet.D/D PK 1/15

Industrial interior. Moveable rail mounted vehicle. Arrol Morgan 10 Ton Charger Sir William Arrol & Co Ltd. Job5231 Glasgow 1951. 2 males.D/D PK 1/16

Industrial interior. Clean, probably an electronic switchgear room.D/D PK 1/17

Industrial Interior. 2 males. Equipment labeled R.T. & Baldwins, Landore.D/D PK 1/18

Rolling mill/steel coil. Equipment labeled Davy United. Sheffield England. 3 males.D/D PK 1/19

Industrial interior. Depositing dry material from a hopper. Hopper labeled British Railways LD 17012B For Dolomite Traffic Only. 2 males.D/D PK 1/20

Industrial interior. Packaging area for steel coils etc. Steel banding equipment.D/D PK 1/21

Industrial exterior. Steel works, Port Talbot.D/D PK 1/22

Exterior. Digging a hole in the road. Poclain grab-digger. Thames Trader tipper truck owned by A.E. Farr Limited. Civil Engineering Contractors. 2 males.D/D PK 1/23

Aerial view of Port Talbot. Prior to the construction of the Civic Centre and Afan Centre. Shows an area of some demolition. Pre M4, shows a queue of traffic heading in to Port Talbot.D/D PK 1/24

A grab-digger making a hold in the ground. Shows only the business-end of the digger. Ground indicative of an alluvial deposit.D/D PK 1/25

Poclain T.Y.45 Grab-digger loading a Thames Trader tipper truck. Digger registration mark 588 CAM. Tipper Truck owned by A.E. Farr.D/D PK 1/26

Ship at dock. Small bulk carrier, 4 male in hold, 2 with shovels, 5 looking on. Dry-carrier, light-coloured material in the hold.D/D PK 1/27

Industrial exterior. Johnson & Phillips Transformer/Switchgear.D/D PK 1/28

Industrial Interior. Molten metal, casting. 5 males.D/D PK 1/29

Industrial Interior. Molten metal. Casting. 2 males.D/D PK 1/30

Aerial photograph. Port Talbot, probably Sandfields Estate.D/D PK 1/31

Industrial Interior. Open furnace. An operative is approaching with a heat-shield and furnace probe, probably extracting a sample for analysis.D/D PK 1/32

Bob Hope playing golf. 8 males look on, 1 woman. A signed photograph (Bob Hope).D/D PK 1/33

Rugby match. An open ground, rural setting, large crowd, possibly 1950s or early 1960s. A potential try in the offing.D/D PK 1/34

Golf. Man teeing-off. 5 others look on.D/D PK 1/35

Rugby match. Stadium ground, man scoring a try.D/D PK 1/36

Cricket. Batsman swinging at the ball.D/D PK 1/37

Tennis. Mixed doubles.D/D PK 1/38

Industrial exterior. Spherical gas-holder. 2 photographs. 1 male in 1 photograph.D/D PK 1/39

Photographic portrait. Young girl, blonde hair. Bow in hair, pale green dress.D/D PK 1/40

Still-life. Telephone directories and small ceramic figures.D/D PK 1/41

Industrial exterior. Spherical gas-holder. 1 male. A blow-up of one of the photographs at 39 above.D/D PK 1/42

Loose photographsDD PK/2/hub

Photographic negativesDD PK/3/hub

Photographic negativesDD PK/4/hub